DE · 2020 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Germany, 2020
In 2020, Germany's research and development expenditure by sector of performance decreased by 0.6% compared to 2019, reaching 3.09.
Germany accounts for 135.5% of the EU-27 total of 2.28.
Germany ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 7.3% (from 2.88 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.